Lisa Kennelly

[Lisa Kennelly @KennellyLisa]

My Favorite Laker!!

[GVSU Football @gvsufootball]

An All-GLIAC performer that is the leader of the GVSU secondary. @IanKennelly20 is a complete playmaker with 110 career tackles, 5 INTs, 13 PBU, 2 FF and 3 FR. Primed for a big senior season. #AnchorUp

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[Lisa Kennelly @KennellyLisa]

We love a good road trip North!

[GVSU Football @gvsufootball]

Contrats to former Laker Ian Kennelly on signing with the @GoElks of the @CFL 

#AnchorUp | #ReadyForMore

[Lisa Kennelly @KennellyLisa]

@Justin_Rogers Make it make sense !

[Kai David Hartwell @HartwellKai]

🚨 Portal reality check: Roughly 1 in 3 D-I athletes that enter won’t get picked up by another D-I program.

For D-II in 2022 — over 10,000 entered, but just ~30% came out with a new spot in NCAA athletics.

Not every move is progress. Sometimes the growth you need comes where you are. #TrustTheProcess #StayRooted

[Rico Deleon @Rico_Deleon23]

As my football career came to an end last weekend — and with it my time in this program and in college football — I felt like I needed to share my thoughts on where the game is today. My path was far from normal; not many guys play seven years. But even with my unique journey, it’s clear that the current landscape of college football is becoming worse for the game.

Somewhere along the way, we lost what made this sport special.
We lost sight of the TEAM.

Too many players are focused only on what’s best for them, not what’s best for the people in the locker room next to them. I’ve played with a lot of great teammates, but even then, it felt like some always had one foot out the door — ready to leave the moment something didn’t go their way. The transfer portal made it way too easy to run from adversity instead of growing through it.

I can’t explain how many lessons I learned from not getting what I wanted right away. From being humbled. From having to earn everything the hard way. Every decision I made, I tried to make for the team. For something bigger than myself.

College athletics is supposed to shape you into a leader — someone who can handle adversity, communicate with respect, and go into the world a better, stronger version of who you were when you came in. But the new age of college sports has kids leaving at the first sign of trouble, talking to coaches however they want, and expecting everything to go their way.

I’m all for players having a voice and choosing what’s best for their future. But in what part of life do you get everything exactly how you want it? That’s not real. Yet college athletics has created that illusion, and it’s hurting a game that has saved so many lives — including kids from poverty and tough situations who needed football to survive.

For me, getting an education meant everything. I didn’t grow up with much. Football was my only ticket to pay for school. Not everyone’s situation is the same, and I get that. But I’ll always believe that the team, the struggle, and the lessons learned are what make this sport powerful.

And I hope someday we find our way back to that.

#CollegeFootball #team

[Justin Rogers | Detroit Football Network @Justin_Rogers]

Ian Kennelly commanded the Lions' attention at the team's local pro day, leading to his eventual signing as a UDFA. Four months later, he's knocking on the door for a roster spot. "I'm never going to feel like I don't belong..." https://t.co/UI7P7tfUWl

[Mike Payton @AtoZ_Payton]

The top 4 Detroit Lions camp darling candidates, two young edge rushers should gain a lot of notice

https://t.co/VsmiEOMWDf

[DetroitSportsPodcast @DetroitPodcast]

Detroit Lions UDFA Profile: Safety Ian Kennelly

https://t.co/xYA9nNIBAd

[Lisa Kennelly @KennellyLisa]

@lilj12repE @zayo440 Always hungry. Keep working.

[Thomas Cook @ThomasCookTV]

Michigan native and former @gvsufootball safety Ian Kennelly signed with the Lions as an undrafted free agent.

"Playing for the team that I grew up watching is pretty surreal."

[Nick Postma @CoachPostmaGV]

@IanKennelly20 From recruiting you out of HS, to seeing you grow as a person, and a player each yr to the NFL. Good luck at rookie minicamp. Be you, be special. ❤️ u kid

[GVSU Athletics Fund @GVSUAthFund]

The infamous "Tailgate Town" is sold out for yet another season of @gvsufootball. Add your name to the wait list for future seasons at the link below 🏠⚓🆙

🔗 https://t.co/CUOG3A4HAV

[Scott Wooster @CoachWooster]

In this era of college football…going to get mine, need to go “there” to make it…Ian bloomed where he was planted, led when leadership was required, and now has an opportunity with his hometown team! From a Shelby Lion to a Detroit Lion and an Eagle & Laker in between! Congrats @IanKennelly20, earned & deserved, proud of you! #OnePride #WAWG #NOWHERE ⚓️⬆️

[Nick Postma @CoachPostmaGV]

Can’t express how excited, proud and happy I am for my guy. Believed in the process, believed in @gvsufootball and look where it took him. #Belief #WAWG

[Lisa Kennelly @KennellyLisa]

When others left you chose to stay and did it the right way. Welcome to the NFL!

[Graphk Raider @GraphkRaider]

#RaiderNation Get to know Grand Valley State University’s Standout Safety Ian Kennelly & one of the best division II prospects in this years class with me and my brother Stuart Schweigert 🎯 stay tuned 🙏🏼

[Blueridge Bronco @BlueridgeBronc1]

@gvsufootball’s Ian Kennelly is just a playmaker. The #Broncos need Safety help - Kennelly’s a S. #GLIACfb to the #NFL is a steep hill to climb, but a certain @man_dammn (Matthew Judon) has already blazed this trail.
#BroncosCountry #NFLDraft2025

[99⁴⁴/¹⁰⁰% Pure @da_winter]

Every single Pats beat reporter and NFL expert doing mocks sleeping on both Ian Kennelly and Korie Black as potential CB pick.

Lions may take Kennelly too soon so I mocked Black to Pats above (tho Kennelly was still available).

https://t.co/78nBKVn3qe